OK, well you didn't explain "which" watermark you were talking about so your "Vulcan Mind Meld" did not work on me! Yeah, you have the Windows 8 Preview vversion activated and it will expire in Jan 2014 and that watermark is there to remind you of same. Good luck.

OK, well you didn't explain "which" watermark you were talking about so your "Vulcan Mind Meld" did not work on me! Yeah, you have the Windows 8 Preview vversion activated and it will expire in Jan 2014 and that watermark is there to remind you of same. Good luck.

ok now i get the picture

i thought the latest iso from msdn are not a evaluation copy
ty you for your answers

Hello,
I have the same problem. I have an HP laptop that came with windows 8.0 installed. I installed the 8.1 preview and yesterday I updated to 8.1 (final version).
The system is activated but I still have the Windows 8.1 Pro. Evaluation copy. Build 9600 watermark.
I search the microsoft forums and found a possible solution deleting a cache file and re-registering the computer again.
I don't have a serial number (its encrypted on the BIOS-UEFI) but I could reactivate it with the telephone. Still the watermarks remains.
I found a solution taking ownership of two files and editing them or changing them for others found on internet but it's not clean. I have a legit copy of windows 8 so why should I do this kind of stuff.
I also try going back to 8.0 (instead of 8.1 preview) but I don't have any restore point and the HP factory restoring software doesn't work.
So final word... I hope there will be more people with this bug and microsoft may release a patch to fix it one day...

window 8.1 build 9600 activation keyGovt gave me a laptop of haier company with win 8.1 build 9600 preinstalled.when I boot it ,it says activate window.to activate , I need a product key of window. How to get key?

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